Graphomania

Graphomania (from Greek γραφε — writing, and μανία — insanity), also known as scribomania, refers to an obsessive impulse to write. When used in a specifically psychiatric context, it labels a morbid mental condition characterized by the writing of long successions of unconnected meaningless words. Graphomania is near condition to typomania - obsessiveness with seeing one's name in publication or with writing for being published, excessive symbolism or typology.

Outside the psychiatric definitions of graphomania and related conditions, the word is used more broadly to label the urge and need write excessively, whether professional or not.

According to Kundera, graphomania is the groundless claim, sometimes being large-scale, of being a writer:

Kundera's feeling about graphomania may be explained by the fact that such pejorative meaning of graphomania is actually often used in Post-Soviet block to denote foolish, unprofessional and excessive writings (not only in the form of literature, but also science), while logorrhea as a noun (with its negative, pejorative meaning) is not as often used.

Surrealism

"Graphomania" is also used as part of the name of several surrealist methods, including entopic graphomania.

See also

• Logomania

References

External links

• Of Graphomania, Confession, and the Writing Self, Todd Napolitano Electronic Book Review